diff --git a/fakestorage/object.go b/fakestorage/object.go
index e413f4c4ef..6cf298f9e5 100644
--- a/fakestorage/object.go
+++ b/fakestorage/object.go
@@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ func (s *Server) downloadObject(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("X-Goog-Generation", strconv.FormatInt(obj.Generation, 10))
 	w.Header().Set("X-Goog-Hash", fmt.Sprintf("crc32c=%s,md5=%s", obj.Crc32c, obj.Md5Hash))
 	w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", obj.Updated.Format(http.TimeFormat))
+	for name, value := range obj.Metadata {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Goog-Meta-"+name, value)
+	}
 
 	if ranged && !satisfiable {
 		status = http.StatusRequestedRangeNotSatisfiable
diff --git a/fakestorage/object_test.go b/fakestorage/object_test.go
index 4d3f3b19cc..19f270d703 100644
--- a/fakestorage/object_test.go
+++ b/fakestorage/object_test.go
@@ -721,11 +721,18 @@ func TestServerClientObjectReaderError(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestServerClientObjectReadBucketCNAME(t *testing.T) {
 	url := "https://mybucket.mydomain.com:4443/files/txt/text-01.txt"
-	expectedHeaders := map[string]string{"accept-ranges": "bytes", "content-length": "9"}
+	expectedHeaders := map[string]string{"accept-ranges": "bytes", "content-length": "9", "x-goog-meta-marco": "Polo"}
 	expectedBody := "something"
 	opts := Options{
 		InitialObjects: []Object{
-			{ObjectAttrs: ObjectAttrs{BucketName: "mybucket.mydomain.com", Name: "files/txt/text-01.txt"}, Content: []byte("something")},
+			{
+				ObjectAttrs: ObjectAttrs{
+					BucketName: "mybucket.mydomain.com",
+					Name:       "files/txt/text-01.txt",
+					Metadata:   map[string]string{"Marco": "Polo"},
+				},
+				Content: []byte("something"),
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	server, err := NewServerWithOptions(opts)